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Casting to Chromecast on Linux

Posted on 2016-11-26 by Jeff

The Chromecast extension has been mainlined into the Chromium code base removing the need for the external extension. Unless you’re running on Linux. The mainline Chromecast code is currently broken Continue Reading →

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Automatically Re-Connect to Network When Internet Connection Lost

Posted on 2016-09-12 by Jeff

Summary We will walk through creating a bash script to test for internet access and reconnect if no access is available. This script is useful on a Home Theater Media Continue Reading →

Posted in Knowledge Base | Tagged bash, internet, network, systemd | Leave a reply

GDLC – Now Open Source

Posted on 2015-07-24 by Jeff

I’ve just released GDLC v2.5.4, a Commerce Velocity Decision Engine rules compiler, as Open Source software. It includes the compiler, written in Java, and a ruby gem for easy inclusion Continue Reading →

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Creating a Simple Bot – Part 4

Posted on 2015-07-12 by Jeff

Building a Bot with Bash – A Review We’ll do a final cleanup on our code with some more refactoring and add some polish. Have you read the other installments? Continue Reading →

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Creating a Simple Bot – Part 3

Posted on 2015-07-10 by Jeff

Building a Bot in Bash In this installment, we’ll figure out how to read the Oolite screen so we can automatically direct the ship to its destination. Already read this Continue Reading →

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Making the Dreaded Vagrant Connection Timeout Go Away

Posted on 2015-06-09 by Jeff

If you are seeing Vagrant’s Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying… when you start your vm on one network, but not when you start it on another, I may have the solution. Continue Reading →

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Creating a Simple Bot – Part 2

Posted on 2015-06-07 by Jeff

Building a Bot in Bash In this installment we’ll refactor what we have in our script so far, then begin working on the other steps needed to automate a trading Continue Reading →

Posted in programming | Tagged bash, bot, oolite, xdotool | Leave a reply
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Git Diff GUI

Posted on 2015-06-06 by Jeff

Want to see your git diffs in a nice GUI? Check this out… You can use a 3rd party application to view your git diffs. I will show you how Continue Reading →

Posted in Knowledge Base, programming | Tagged git, meld, ruby, tidy | Leave a reply
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Creating a Simple Bot

Posted on 2015-05-31 by Jeff

or Building a Bot in Bash I was taking a break from my normal weekend routine and decided to start playing Oolite. I loved playing its predecessor, Elite, on my Continue Reading →

Posted in programming | Tagged bash, bot, oolite, xdotool | 1 Reply

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  • Automatically Re-Connect to Network When Internet Connection Lost
  • GDLC – Now Open Source
  • Creating a Simple Bot – Part 4
  • Creating a Simple Bot – Part 3

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